Surgical strategies for neurological function preservation in severe brain contusion

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 329-335

  Qiu, Binghui ^a   Xu, Shuxiang ^a   Fang, Luxiong ^a   Chotai, Silky ^a   Li, Weiguang ^a   Qi, Songtao ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain contusion; Decompressive craniectomy; Neurological function preservation; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866447445     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.5333-11.0     Document Type: Article

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